Screening for and surveillance of high-risk patients with HBV-related chronic liver disease: promoting the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in China.

@article{Song2013ScreeningFA,
title={Screening for and surveillance of high-risk patients with HBV-related chronic liver disease: promoting the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in China.},
author={Peipei P Song and Xia Feng and Keming Zhang and Tianqiang Song and Kuansheng Ma and Norihiro Kokudo and Jia-hong Dong and Linong Yao and Wei Tang},
journal={Bioscience trends},
year={2013},
volume={7 1},
pages={1-6}
}

In China, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common cancer in urban areas and first most common in rural areas. It ranks as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in males and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in females, with the total mortality rate of 26.26 per 100,000. Currently, people with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are a major population at risk of developing HCC in China. In fact, there are 93 million Chinese who are HBV carriers, and… CONTINUE READING